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Invisible Ink — 92 episodes

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Ep 90: Why Strong Ideas Fail: Invisible Risks That Kill Startups, With John Harbison

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Ep 89 - Fundraising Mistakes That Kill Great Startups: Terms, Dilution, and What Founders Miss, With Benjamin David Novak

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Ep 88 - What 60,000 Startups Reveal About Founder Equity, Control, and Survival, With Peter Walker

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Ep 87 - Selling Into US Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Startups, With Dr. Krista A. Bragg

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Ep 86 - Finding the Right Backer in a Tough Market: Insights From a Veteran Investor, With Dr. Ronald Weissman

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Ep 85 - The New Capitalism and What It Means for Founders Today, With Elizabeth MacBride and Seth Levine

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Ep 84 - Lead With the Money, Not With the Pain: Inside Tips for a Better Raise, With Naseem Sayani

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Ep 83 - PULL: The No BS Way to Unlock Sales, With Rob Snyder

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Ep 82 - Valuation is a (Financial) Story, Here’s How to Get it Right, With Dan Gray

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Ep 81- How to Ace Due Diligence: Insights From a Top Angel Investor, With Tony Shipley

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Ep 80 - De-risking Your Science: What Makes Biotech Investable, With Daisy Robinton

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Ep 79 - How to Price, Negotiate, and Capture Value With Confidence, With Joanne Smith

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Ep 78 - Using Behavioral Science for Startup Success, With Dr. Maria Blekher

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Ep 77 - Market Matters! How to Find the Right Market for Your Startup, with Sharon Tal

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Ep 76 - Understanding the VC Mindset, With Eileen Tanghal

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Ep 75 - Cracking the Real PMF: How to Find Product-Market & Funding Fit, With Hanna Wu

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Ep 74 - Mastering XaaS Pricing: An Expert Perspective, with Ingrid Bonde Åkerlind

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Ep 73 - Winning Grants, Landing VCs and Building in Deep Tech, with Elise Strobach

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Ep 72 - Crafting a Winning Go-to-Market Strategy: A Step by Step Guide, With Maja Voje

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Ep 71 - Act, Learn, Build: Entrepreneurship, The Babson Way, with Heidi Neck, Ph.D

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Ep 70 - Surviving & Thriving in Biotech: Playing The Long Game, with Dr. Maria L. Maccecchini

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Ep 69 - Commercializing Deep Tech_ From Scientist to Startup CEO, With Dr. Tanya Ramond

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Ep 68 - Pitch Perfect: Using Fluid Thinking for Dynamic Decks, With Patricia Liu

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Ep 67 - Are SAFEs Really Safe? A Primer on Startup Funding and Valuation, With Eva Doss

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EP 66 - The Founder’s Guide to Convertible Notes, With Liz Sigety

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Ep 65 - Unlocking Funding With Financial Acumen, With Vicki Knott

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Ep 64 - Charging Ahead! Unexpected Paths to Market Success, With Kameale C. Terry

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Ep 63 - Made for Medtech: The Essential Fundraising Guide, With Tasneem Dohadwala

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Ep 62 - Fundraising Is a Marketing Game, and Other Non-obvious Insights, with Brianna McDonald

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Ep 61 - Winning With Markets & Investors - The Founder's Playbook, With Colette Courtion

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Best of Invisible Ink Season 6! Highlights & Best Moments

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Ep 60 - Building With Exit in Mind- The Legal Essentials, With Madhu Singh

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Ep 59 - Bootstrapping to a Billion Dollar Exit, With Lynda Weinman

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Ep 58 - Startup Fundraising Made Simple, With Marcia Dawood

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Ep 57 - Shattering Stereotypes: A Medtech Success Story, With Dr. Charu Ramanathan

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Ep 56 - Building VC-Backable Impact Startups, With Kerry Rupp

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Ep 55 - Not Shark tank! How Startups Really Get Funded, With Elaine Bolle

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Ep 54 - To IPO and beyond: A Techpreneur's Take, With Vinita Gupta

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Ep 53 - Beyond the Tech: Fundraising Secrets for STEM Founders, With Jen Baird

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Ep 52 – Raise Ready: What Smart Investors Want You to Know, with Gwen Edwards

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Ep 51 - Navigating the New Normal in Fundraising, with Angela Lee

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Ep 50 - Building a Research-Based Startup From Scratch, With Christy Sheehy

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Ep 49 - The Legal Side of Fundraising, with Elke Trilla

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Ep 48 - Redesigning VC for Women, with Julie Castro Abrams

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Ep 47 - A Radical Startup Model, With Melanie Rieback

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Ep 46 - A Primer on Technology Transfer, with Laleh Shayesteh

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Ep 45 - Starting Up in Clean Tech, with Kristin Wegner Guilfoyle

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Ep 44 - Ep 44 - Capital Reboot: Rethinking Funding Models, With Vanessa Roanhorse

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Ep 43 - Pro Tops on Acing the Raise, with Lisa Frusztajer

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Ep 42 - De-biasing VC - a Pioneering Approach, With Kim Banham

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Ep 41 - How Tech Marries Mission and Money, with D. Sangeeta

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Ep 40 - A Primer on Federal Grant Funding, With Christine E.B. Howard

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Ep 39 - How to Build a Deep Science Startup, with Lieza Marie Danan

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Ep 38 - Negotiating Secrets of Rock Stars, With Jennifer Justice

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Ep 37 - What Investors Really Want From Your Startup, With Pat Hedley

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Ep 36 -It Takes an Entrepreneurial Village, With Dr. Sameeksha Desai

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Ep 35 - Hire Power: Tips From an HR Expert, With Susan Lovegren

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Ep 34 - Fast Tracking Your B2B Startup, with Vanessa Liu

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Ep 33 - Wall Street Entrepreneurship Secrets, with Lois Scott

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Ep 32 - A Recipe for Reinvention, with Disha Gulati

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Ep 31 - Shopping for Entrepreneurial Success, With Allegra Stennett

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Ep 30 - Charting the Path to Success in Health Tech, with Corinne Vargas

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Ep 29 - How to Up Your Fundraising Game, with Marie Meslin

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Ep 28 - Success Secrets of Million Dollar Businesses, with Elaine Pofeldt

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Ep 27 - Accelerating Your Startup's Growth, With Charla Triplett

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Ep 26 - Fundraising Essentials - the Legal Issues, with Heidi Abdul

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Ep 25 - How To Build a Global Nonprofit From Scratch, With Isvari Maranwe

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Ep 24 - Cracking the Cash Code, with Donna Rockin

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Ep 23 - Designing Startups for Happiness and Profit, with Melissa Kwan

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Ep 22 - Effective Pitching for Women Founders, with Allison Byers

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Ep 21 - Bringing Insurance Into the 21st Century, With Soton Rosanwo

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Ep 20 - From War to Startup Success, with Nassim Abdi

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Ep 19 - Straight Talk on Angel Investing, with Susan Preston

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Ep 18 - The Science and Secrets of Solving World Problems, With Tayyaba Ali

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Ep 17 - Bringing Data Discipline to DEI, With Aparna Rae

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Ep 16 - How to Succeed as a New Builder, with Elizabeth MacBride

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Ep 15 - Designing for Success in Engineering, with Kimberley Moore

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Ep 14 - Bootstrapping a Social venture in Fintech, With Rochelle Nawrocki Gorey

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Ep 13 - How to Activate Community Through Capital, With Vicki Saunders

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Ep 12 - Making Healthcare Leaner and Fitter, with Dr. Aneesa Majid

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Ep 11 - Cracking the Nonprofit Startup Code, with Tina Tang

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Liftoff - How Smart Women Startup, with Lauren Washington

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Ep 10 - The Insider's Guide to Getting Business Insurance With Anna Maria Viti Welch

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Ep 9 - Blazing a Trail in Venture Capital, with Shruti Gandhi

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Ep 8 - Pitch-Perfect Branding With Shireen Smith

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Ep 7 - All-in On Success, With Melanie Weisner

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Success Reimagined and Reinvented, with Juliana Scheidhauer

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The Smart Entrepreneur's Guide to Intellectual Property and Branding, with Lisanne Butterfield

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Dreams, Drive & Discipline, with Reetu Gupta

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The Unstoppable Entrepreneur, with Renata Merino

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Beating Cancer The Smart Way, With Feyi Ayodele

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Off the Beaten Path, with Shubha Chakravarthy